Schalke Schmitz in Bremen in conversation

Lukas Schmitz of Schalke 04 has aroused the interest of Werder Bremen. After two years, the left-footed will leave before the end of his contract a year probably Gelsenkirchen.

Gelsenkirchen (SID) - midfielder Luke Schmitz of the DFB Cup winner Schalke 04 has the interest of Bundesliga rivals Werder Bremen awakened. After two years in the Jersey of begun, in which he was 52 appearances in the Bundesliga, left-footed will leave before the end of his contract a year probably Gelsenkirchen.

"There are requests for Lukas Schmitz, two from the Bundesliga and one from abroad," confirmed Schalke manager Horst Heldt. "I have spoken with my colleague Klaus Allofs of Lukas Schmitz, with him I could imagine a change."

The Czech Jan Moravek will return, however, in the summer of the 1. FC Kaiserslautern, to which he was on loan last season, to the core of the sound.

The sporting future of Christian pander is uncertain. The injury-prone left-back came only on four missions in the Bundesliga last season and had been most recently on 30 January on the square. In the coming week, Heldt will speak with the two-time player of a possible extension of the expiring contract or a separation. "The outcome is completely open, there is no tendency," Heldt said.